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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4160-4164
Title:: COLLECTION OF TRANSCRIPTS, chiefly in the handwriting of Birch, of State Papers and letters, from private and public libraries, together with a few original papers; 1425-1728. Five volumes. Quarto. The names of the writers of the original papers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Included among these papers are:-
Scope & Content:: Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1425-1728
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4162
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. III (ff. 280). Viz:-(a) James Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrews, 1661, to John Maitland, 2nd Earl and 1st Duke (1672) of Lauderdale, on Church matters; London, 28 Apr. 1657. ff. 46-47;-(b) Robert Long to John Colepeper, Lord Colepeper; The Hague, June 1657. ff. 208-209b;-(c) Isaac Vossius to...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1657-1681
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4168-4172
Title:: ROE LETTER-BOOKS Letter-books of Sir Thomas Roe, containing copies of his correspondence and papers during his negotiations as Ambassador- Extraordinary to Hamburg, and, afterwards, to Regensburg and Vienna, for the settlement of a general peace, with the plenipotentiaries of the Emperor, France, Sweden and Denmark; 1638-1642. English, French, Italian and Latin. Five volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Sir Thomas Roe, diplomatist: Letter-books: 1638-1642. Ferdinand III; Emperor of Germany: Negotiations of Sir T. Roe with: 1638-1642.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1638-1642
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4170
Title:
Scope & Content:: ROE LETTER-BOOKS. Vol. III (ff. 188). The negotiations at Hamburg continued; July 1639-April 1640. Included (f. 45) is an original letter of Sir T. Roe to Axel Oxenstierna, Chancellor of Sweden; 8 Sept. 1639. French. Christina of Sweden: Negotiations of Sir T. Roe with: 1638-1643. Louis XIII o...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: Jul 1639-Apr 1640
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4172
Title:
Scope & Content:: ROE LETTER-BOOKS. Vol. V (ff. 201). Negotiations at Regensburg and Vienna; May 1641-March 1642, with the title'Copies of my Letters, Relations, Acts and Negotiations in my Ambassage to th'Emperour, Electorall Dyet, Princes and Estates in Germany begun the 8th of May 1641'. Included in the volume...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: May 1641-Mar 1642
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4182
Title:
Scope & Content:: COLLECTION OF NEWS-LETTERS; 1665-1746. Including:- (1) A series, in one handwriting, giving continuous news, domestic and foreign; Jan.-Nov. 1665. ff. 1-56. (2) A series, dated from London, giving occasional news; 9 Sept. 1684- 17 Feb. 169 4/5. Some are addressed to John Ellis, Secretary of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1665-1746
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4191
Title:
Scope & Content:: COLLECTION OF LETTERS, MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS, relating to the capture or detention of ships and goods off the coasts of France and Holland; 1644-1655. Included are:-(a) Remonstrance by the Committee of Lords and Commons for Foreign Affairs presented to Don Alonso de Cardenas, Spanish Ambassado...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1644-1655
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4193
Title:
Scope & Content:: STATE PAPERS RELATING TO EUROPEAN AFFAIRS as affected in many cases by the Quadruple Alliance in 1718, with a few earlier documents; 1653-1730. The principal contents are as follows:- (1) Drafts, etc., of a treaty between George I as 'Electeur de Brunswick' and Frederick William, King of Prussi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1653-1730
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4200
Title:
Scope & Content:: GILES GRENE CORRESPONDENCE State letters and papers, many of them written to Giles Grene, Chairman of the Navy Committee, and afterwards President of the Committee for Foreign Affairs for the Parliament; 1645-1661. Interspersed among the correspondence are several ciphers and deciphers. The pri...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1645-1661
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4202
Title:
Scope & Content:: ROOKE LETTERS Original Letters of Admiral Sir George Rooke to James Vernon, Secretary of State; from the 'Britannia' at Spithead, 17 June 1697, and from his flagship the 'Shrewsbury', 11 May-16 Sept. 1700. French, English and Latin. The subject of the letters is the joint expedition of the Engl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1697-1700
Extent:: 1 item

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